Until the military moved in illegal diggers were seeking their fortune Zimbabwe is facing calls to be suspended from the the international diamond trade, following allegations of brutality by its soldiers. Rights groups are... [read full story]
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DONNA BRYSON | JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Yet the Kimberley Process, the diamond body, said those gems don't qualify as "blood diamonds," and instead of sanctioning Zimbabwe is giving the country another chance to get its...
South African Company to Begin Mining for Diamonds in Zimbabwe Posted by neatnew under A private company is reportedly planning to form a venture with Zimbabwe to mine diamonds … From VOA. Full story This site may...
It is alleged widespread human rights abuses took place in Marange Zimbabwe has escaped suspension from the Kimberly process - the certification scheme which regulates the sale of so-called blood diamonds. Instead, the...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Investigators for the world's diamond control body say the gems were mined by virtual slaves who had been told to dig or die, and were smuggled out by soldiers who rape and beat civilians.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Investigators for the world's diamond control body say the gems were mined by virtual slaves who had been told to dig or die, and were smuggled out by soldiers who rape an...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Yet the Kimberley Process, the diamond body, said those gems don't qualify as "blood diamonds," and instead of sanctioning Zimbabwe is giving the country another chance to get its Marange fields...
JOHANNESBURG: Those who campaign against ''blood diamonds'' have described the gem trade's certification as ''farcical'' after Zimbabwe escaped an export ban despite a massacre of miners last year. Human rights groups had...
The reddish-coloured diamonds of Marange in Zimbabwe have now been banned from trading by the Kimberley Certification Process Scheme, but diamonds from the rest of Zimbabwe will continue trading unabated. The Zimbabwe...
Zimbabwe's MDC party yesterday ended its boycott of the government, giving President Robert Mugabe a month to settle a new power-sharing deal. "We have suspended our disengagement from the GPA [Global Political Agreement] with...
Windhoek - A global scheme to ban trade in conflict diamonds on Thursday adopted a "work plan" for Zimbabwe, despite calls for the country to be suspended over rights abuses in its gem fields. "Zimbabwe is not suspended as was...
